In Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler’s, R-Camas, recent email questionnaire on health care reform, she asked constituents if we are “concerned with how the massive health care law will impact us?” I am less concerned about how health care reform will affect me, as much as I am concerned about her biased, agenda-driven survey.
A survey that provides three detailed “Yes, I am concerned about health care reform” options and one simple “no” option is obviously not objective in its aims. It is clear that this survey’s purpose is to provide “public support” for Herrera Beutler’s opinion on health care reform, and provides no real information of constituents’ viewpoints. The results of this survey will clearly not be representative of reality, nor will it be scientific or valuable in any real sense.
This survey reminds me of another unbalanced survey effort that Herrera Beutler conducted previously regarding light rail on the Columbia River Crossing, which was used to support her opinion on the matter and cost more than $30,000 of taxpayer money. I wish I could applaud her efforts to include constituents’ opinions, but instead I am offended by the cheap methods she uses to hijack public opinion.
Abby Lunstrum
Camas
